Hone your quilting skills with this subtle but striking design that features several great techniques!
Designed and made by LYNNE GOLDSWORTHY
FAT QUARTER PROJECT
BEHIND THE QUILT CHALLENGE YOURSELF!
“This quilt uses two (2) blocks, which alternate across the design to create secondary patterns with the diagonal lines of half-square triangles. The second star blocks, which feature the small half-square triangles, are then framed by the diagonal lines of HSTs as well as by the beige circles – creating more interest in the quilt top. This quilt uses various techniques, including half-square triangles and curved piecing, so it is a relatively advanced and time-consuming design. The simple colour palette works well with the complex piecing and helps to simplify the design, allowing the eye to see the overall patterns in the quilt top. This could also be achieved by using warm and cool colours, dark and light colours or some other contrast method.” – Lynne Goldsworthy
You will need
■ Red prints – Six (6) FQs
■ Pink prints – Two (2) FQs*
■ Light beige prints – Six (6) FQs
■ Dark beige prints – Seven (7) FQs
■ Background (BKG) – 4yds
■ Binding – ⅔yd
■ Backing – 4¼yds
■ Batting – 76in square
■ Templates – One (1) A template, two (2) B templates, four (4) C templates, nine (9) HST templates
Finished size
■ Quilt: 68in square approx.
■ Blocks: 12in square
Products used
■ Fabrics: Sugarberry by Bunny Hill Designs for my.modafabrics. com
■ Batting: Cotton Mix 279 from www.vlieseline.com/en/
■ Threads: Aurifil 50wt for piecing and 40wt for quilting from www. aurifil.com
■ Basting: Odif 505 spray from www.odifusa.com
Notes
■ When working with so many similar shapes cut in different sizes, it can be helpful to label and bag the cut pieces.
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.
■ Press after each seam.
■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed.
■ Press all fabrics well before cutting.
■ WOF = width of fabric, 42in approx.
■ WOFQ = width of fat quarter, 21in approx.
■ BKG = background.
■ HST = half-square triangle(s).
■ QST = quarter-square triangle(s).
■ FQ = fat quarter.
■ *You may wish to use additional prints for more variety as Lynne has done.
Cutting out
1 From the red prints, cut the following:
■ Sixteen (16) 2⅞in x WOFQ strips and then subcut each into seven (7) 2⅞in squares. Cut each square in half on the diagonal once – you will need two-hundred-and-eight (208) triangles.
■ Nine (9) 8in squares.
2 From the pink prints, cut the following:
■ Four (4) WOFQ strips as wide as one (1) A template. Cut fourteen (14) A template squares from each strip. You will need fifty-two (52) in total.
■ Three (3) 4½in x WOFQ strips, subcut into twelve (12) 4½in squares.
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